Coming off the heels of one of our nation’s most trepidatious election cycles, many of my classes devoted time to acknowledge ...
3. **Mockumentary Style**: Drawing inspiration from films like ‘This Is Spinal Tap’, Trump could delve into the mockumentary genre, offering a comedic yet biting satirical take on current affairs.
If the letters of T S Eliot were a television box set, the most recent few volumes would have elicited their share of mutterings from critics about ‘jumping the shark’. Tom, the nervous young American ...
Released in 1967 during the Golden Age of the French New Wave, Weekend, a class satire set against a collapsed society, shows how the end of the world can feel right around the corner. When Jean ...
Dharmesh Patel, at home with Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) productions across the UK, is taking on a new challenge as Lincoln – a character caught in a series of dilemmas in the timeless tale ...
'We are not asking for your resignation. We are asking you to assume your rightful place as an ethereal lodestar in the hopes and dreams of your people' You can save this article by registering ...
Up against the wall: Ward Sutton’s comic panels get the gallery treatment (“Civil Whites,” 2024, acrylic on canvas, 26x30”). Amid one of the most divisive and chaotic election years in ...
The line between news and satire has blurred so much that the latter has been shared on social media as fact, where it quickly spreads misinformation. This continues to get worse, especially when ...
A headline reporting that Elon Musk pledged $5 billion to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, comes from a satirical article. Musk, CEO ...
One of the best jokes in new comedy show The Franchise surrounds a mystery character named 'Shane', who plays a key role in the superhero satire. With the series following a group of filmmakers as ...
Mid-century modern design may meet our needs even more now than when it first appeared, but that doesn't mean we should idolise the style, writes John Jervis. I love mid-century modern ...